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What do they own?
There were several well-known Republicans that flew off the handle when they heard that Charlie Kirk has been assassinated. Not knowing any facts, they declared that the "Democrats own it".
Excuse us while we wipe the egg from our faces.
It turns out that the shooter and his family are big Donald Trump supporters. They are Utah Republicans. They are Mormon. You can't get much more Republican than that.
The shooter was a MAGA.
Let's try to process all that.

Keepthesoulalive
(1,766 posts)Gang warfare?
agingdem
(8,631 posts)burying the fact that most of the mass murders are white Christians and Trump cultists..but what really pisses off the MAGA assholes is/was our reaction to Kirk's shooting...yes, we acknowledged no one should die at the end of a gun (that includes trash like Kirk) but then we took a page out Charlie's playbook...we didn't weep/we didn't care because Charlie didn't shed a tear or care when...
*Black church members were gunned down in Charlotte
*Latino shoppers were gunned down in El Paso
*Gay club revelers were gunned down in Orlando
*Eldery Jews were gunned down in Pittsburgh
*School children were gunned down in Uvalde/SandyHook/Parkland/Minneapolis
*State representatives were gunned down in Minneapolis
*CDC employees were gunned down in Atlanta
*Diners were gunned down in Boulder
and we offer the same "thoughts and prayers'' to the family...
Keepthesoulalive
(1,766 posts)They always change the narrative and the beat goes on.
UpInArms
(53,377 posts)Charlie said it was worth dying for gun bumpers to shoot up pubic venues ..
Schools, churches, stores, gatherings
He said not to have empathy because that made people weak
RockRaven
(17,943 posts)The shooting will remain part of the RW lore, the shooter disappears from their minds and words like a fart in the wind.
democrank
(11,754 posts)to see if anyone can come up with a rock-solid way to blame this murder on those awful, awful Democrats. MAGAs are top-notch reality benders so it might work.
GopherGal
(2,584 posts)Second Lieutenant in the "Antifa Army of Utah" or some such nonexistent organization.
Faking up some sort of funds transfer from Hunter Biden. Or Soros. It's always Soros.
RVN VET71
(2,996 posts)Democrats are communist assassinators and atheists so they killed Charlie Kirk. Period.
What more evidence do you need. And don't give me any of that left-wing jazz about the killer being a Mormon and Trump supporter because so what?
SoFlaBro
(3,641 posts)catchnrelease
(2,099 posts)This morning he's on to bragging about his new ballroom. Charlie who??
SoFlaBro
(3,641 posts)Omnipresent
(7,183 posts)
Wounded Bear
(62,932 posts)Irish_Dem
(74,298 posts)The MAGA cult owns this lock stock and barrel.
MaineBlueBear
(286 posts)As they realize Trump and his minions are weakening their freedoms they'll turn on them.
popsdenver
(428 posts)ANYTHING, and every single last thing spewed from ANY/ALL Republican's mouths is 100%:
Always a flagrant lie
Always blatantly Hypocritical
Always 180 degrees from the Truth or Reality..........
AND 95+% of all U.S. main steam media is owned/operated by Uber Rich Republicans and/or Republican Corporations.............
usonian
(20,313 posts)But if it's a right wing civil war ....
fought with non-lethal weapons
Perhaps the Trump Family can arrange a cage match on the former Rose Garden.
P.S. I don't own that fabulous pickup truck.
BOSSHOG
(43,662 posts)usonian
(20,313 posts)Been downhill since then.
mountain grammy
(28,182 posts)with no collateral damage. Maybe they can actually do one thing right?
Love that truck!
usonian
(20,313 posts)I had a Tacoma, and small as it was, it was a challenge to park it in tight spaces.
Though, I don't recall any spaces so tight that I had to exit the vehicle through the rear window.
I am going to investigate "old pickup truck envy" as a major cause of world angst.
Maybe I can squeeze a PhD out of it.
I've been looking for places that sell them.
A friend once bought me a ministry so I could call myself a minister (probably for tax benefits) but I lost the paperwork.
I miss having crazy friends like that.
rubbersole
(10,468 posts)Your student body will expand exponentially. Plus, the material for your doctoral thesis would be endless. (Start with - '66 Shelby GT-350 Mustang.) Where can I sign up?
usonian
(20,313 posts)Could be mistaken. Just a quick glance, as I was going so fast.
Call me old-fashioned, but I always wanted Maxwell Smart's Sunbeam Tiger.
OOOOOOOH
rubbersole
(10,468 posts)The 260 was the precursor of the 289 (which was my real love all through Jr high/high school). That would have been an incredibly fast Tiger. Total KAOS.😏
usonian
(20,313 posts)And please don't mention KAOS.
It is all too common these days.
rubbersole
(10,468 posts)Cool. Don't remember any of the other ones except the Sunbeam. Thanks for posting...made my afternoon. 👋
MichMan
(15,871 posts)primitive pollution controls and doesn't meet current safety standards.
usonian
(20,313 posts)I don't know about safety compliance.
Oddly enough, I got a Datsun pickup long long ago (when there were Datsuns) somewhat because I saw one land on its cab in a James Bond movie with no harm (of course, that was staged).
The point was hypothetical because anything finite of the sort would have to meet current standards.
Before they are degraded further.
ffr
(23,239 posts)Is what every democrat should be throwing in their faces today.
Unless of course, the GOP incited civil war on democrats to purge the nation of Kirk's assassins wants to start a circular firing squad upon itself. In which case, have at it!
Cheezoholic
(3,272 posts)This schism in the far right has been there for a long time and its been spreading hot and fast. I have been hanging out in these hate rooms for over 10 years and I'm telling ya, and not wanting to promote violence in any way, this is a good thing. People in California know that when a wildfire starts most of the time it only stops when it burns itself out. All firefighters can do, especially to fast host ones, is try and protect life and property. Occasionally those guardrails break down and you get what happened to LA. But, like most wildfires, they burned themselves out. This could very well end up being a good thing. Nothing fans the flames of hate as more hate, especially upon itself when it runs out of fuel. The far right may be running out of fuel.
underpants
(192,816 posts)Emile
(37,345 posts)Farmer-Rick
(12,055 posts)So quick to blame others when it's their own hate groups shooting at each other.
spanone
(140,114 posts)PuraVidaDreamin
(4,344 posts)Leaders who fly off the handle without measured reason thoughtful deliberation are
Unstable and dangerous for our nation.